In 2011 work began on the construction of the new £2.5bn Terminal 2. Virtua deployed the systems which provide PMR, emergency services, cellular and WiFi coverage for the terminal and its network of supporting infrastructure buildings including power stations, baggage process areas and car parks.

Virtua began by creating a 3D model of the new terminal in our iBwave software package, this enabled us to recreate the airport environment and see how coverage would propagate throughout the building. Using the model we could predict how the signal would pass through objects and materials such as walls and windows. This in turn allowed us to accurately determine the locations for antennas and other equipment.

Following design approval from our customer, Virtua’s specialist engineering team deployed the Distributed Antenna System (DAS) to the specification provided by our designers. Following this major installation, our test team surveyed the area to ensure the signal was behaving as predicted and that coverage within th building was fully optimised.